Bottle and other vessel.



J. H. HUNTER 8: W. A. PALMER. BOTTLE AND OTHER VESSEL. APPLICATION FILEDFEB. 4, 1908.

91 0,686, Patented Jan. 26, 1909,

WITNESSES INVENTORS UNITED STATES ATEN FFICE.

JOHN HAMILTON HUNTER AND WILLIAM ARTHUR PALMER, OF DUBLIN, IRELAND.

BOTTLE AND OTHER VESSEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 26, 1909.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN H. HUNTER and WILLIAM A. PALMER, subjects ofthe King of Great Britain, and residing at Dublin, Ireland, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottles and otherVessels, of which the following is a specification, such as will enablethose skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to coffee pots and other vessels designed forholding liquids which require to be freed from sediment, and theinvention consists of certain improvements in vessels of this classwhereby said vessels are provided in the bottom thereof with chambers orsupplemental rece tacles in which the sediment collects, where y theliquid in the top part of the receptacle may be poured out or otherwiseremoved therefrom clear and free of sediment, the sediment in the bottomor sup lemental receptacle being also removable t erefrom.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, ofwhich the accompanying drawing forms a part, in which the separate partsof our improvement are designated by suitable reference characters ineach of the views, and in which Fi ure 1 is a central vertical sectionof a vesse of the class specified provided with our improvement, and;Fig. 2 a similar view showing the bottom portionof a receptacle with amodified form of construction.

In the practice of our invention as shown in the drawing, we provide avessel (1, the preferred form of which is shown in Fig. 1, and thisvessel may be designed for use as a cofiee pot or for any other purposefor which vessels of this class are usually employed, and if desired thesaid vessel may be formed to serve as a bottle or similar receptacle. Inthe bottom part of the vessel a is placed, formed or secured an inwardlydirected annular projection b composed, in the form of constructionshown, of a downwardly inclined top member 6 and an upwardly inclinedbottom member If, and the top member 12 is rovided at its inner edgewith an annular e ression b on which is placed a re movable p ate 0, thecentral portion of which is depressed or conical in form and providedwith a central 0 ening 0 formed by a downwardly directe tubularextension 0 and this forms in the bottom of the receptacle or vessel asupplemental chamber d. The plate 0 is removable, and is provided with aspring wire handle 6 composed of two side portions 6 and formed into aloop the top part of which is provided with a handle member 6 and thesides c of which normally press on the opposite sides of the receptacleor vessel a so as to frictionally engage the same and hold the late 0 inposition, and by means of the hand e c said plate may be removed fromthe receptacle or vessel, or placed therein whenever desired. In thisform of construction any sediment that collects in the bottom or suplemental chamber 01 may be easily remove therefrom, at any time, byremoving the plate 0, and after the chamber d has been thoroughlycleaned the said plate may be again inserted into the vessel orreceptacle as shown in Fig. 1. The downwardly directed central tubularmember 0 of the plate 0 serves, as will be understood, to prevent anyconsiderable amount of sediment from ass ing back out of thesupplemental cham er d into the top portion of the vessel when saidvessel is agitated, as in the pouring of codes, or in pouring thecontents of said vessel regardless of the form of the latter or the usethereof.

In Fig. 2 we have shown a modification in which the inwardly directedannular member 1) consists of a downwardly inclined plate f, which iswider than the corres ending part shown in Fig. 1, and on whic the plate0 rests, and the plate 0 is provided with a yokeshaped wire attachment gto which a handle it is secured, but the parts and h may be of anydesired form and may e the same as the parts 6, e and e shown in Fig. 1if desired; and it will be understood that the plate 0 shown in Fig. 2is removable the same as the corresponding plate shown in Fig. 1. Withvessels formed, as above described, the liquid in a cloudy or muddycondition when poured in will gradually clear, the sediment falling downinto the lower compartment d which serves as a trap to contain the same,thus allowing the cleared liquid to be poured. oil.

The construction shown in Fig. 2 is not so convenient when it is desiredto remove the sediment from the supplemental chamber (Z as that shown inFi 1, but said sediment can be removed by lin the supplemental chamber(1 with water and agitating the contents thereof and inverting thevessel, this operation being repeated until said chamber d is free orpractically free of sediment, and

Cir

by making the part f horizontal instead of downwardly inclined the oeration of removing the sediment will be simplified.

Having fully described our invention, what We claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A vessel of the class specified rovided in the bottom portion thereofwit an inwardly directed annular member having a central opening wherebya supplemental or sediment chamber is formed below said member, and aremovable plate placed on said member and provided with a downwardlydirected tubular extension, said removable plate being provided with ahandle.

2. A vessel of the class specified provided in the bottom portionthereof with an inwardly directed annular member having a 1 centralopening whereby a supplemental or sediment chamber is formed below saidmemher, and a removable plate placed on said member and provided with adownwardly directed tubular extension, said removable platebeingprovided with a handle which frictionally engages the opposite sidewalls of the top portion of the vessel.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our invention we have signedour names in presence of the subscribing Witnesses this 24th day ofJanuary, 1908.

JOHN HAMILTON HUNTER. WILLIAM ARTHUR PALMER.

Witnesses JAMES ONEILL, BRIDGET SHEEHY.

